146 results about "Video Tape Recording" patented technology

A video data recordable having integrated channel guides allowing a user to control recording and storage of television signals into personal channels for later playback and viewing. In the described embodiment, the user may specify criteria for recording of shows from an input source such as a broadcast signal and shows are then selected based on the user specified criteria and recorded for later playback. Storage of the shows may be organized into personal channels in order to facilitate later playback, e.g., the user may specify a channel of action movies, a channel of nature programming, a channel for sports, etc. The shows to be recorded may also have a predefined format which may be used to ease playback of recorded programming by allowing the user to easily locate and playback sections of programming of interest.

Method and apparatus for extracting intra-coded video frames from a video data stream including inter-coded video frames and intra-coded video frames to produce reduced resolution intra-coded video frames suitable for recording in trick play tape segments of a tape for later play back and display during video tape recorder trick play operation. A plurality of methods and apparatus for buffering and selecting received intra-coded video frames for recording in trick play tape segments to support a plurality of trick play modes of operation are disclosed. In addition, a plurality of different data reduction methods and apparatus are disclosed for generating reduced resolution intra-coded frames from the received full resolution intra-coded video frames.

A system for transferring data from a television receiver to a display device and a shared data device includes a digital television receiver, a display device, at least one shared data device, and a communications channel coupled to the television receiver and the shared data devices. The television receiver receives, decodes, and processes a digitally encoded television signal (e.g., MPEG). This processed signal is provided to a display device (e.g., television monitor). In addition, an auxiliary data signal, sent with the digitally encoded television signal, is sent to at least one shared data device. Each of the shared data devices may be a printer, another television receiver, a digital video tape recorder, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). With a system as described herein, the auxiliary data may be an electronic program guide such that a viewer may print a program menu for subsequent review. Upon reviewing the printed program menu, the viewer may then select a channel for viewing or program a video tape recorder to record a selected channel. Alternatively, a viewer may transfer the electronic program guide to a PDA, review the program menu on the PDA, and subsequently program the television receiver, via the PDA, to select a channel for viewing or program a video tape recorder, via the PDA, to record a selected channel.

In the known color stripe process for preventing recording of video signals, the color burst present on each line of active video is modified so that any subsequent video tape recording of the video signal shows variations in the color fidelity that appear as undesirable bands or stripes of color error. This color stripe process is defeated first by determining the location of the video lines including the color stripe process, either by prior experimentation or by on-line detection. Then some or all of the lines including the modified color bursts are modified so as to render the overall video signal recordable. The modification is accomplished in a number of ways, including phase shifting the color stripe burst into the correct phase, replacing some of the color stripe bursts or a portion of particular color stripe bursts so that they are no longer effective, and mixing the color stripe burst with color stripe signals of the correct phase so as to eliminate most or all of the phase error present. The modified color bursts are defeated, in other versions, by modifying the horizontal sync pulse signals immediately preceding the modified color bursts so that the modified color bursts are not detected by a VCR and hence have no effect.

The invention relates to a remote automatic weighing system, which comprises a billet static roller way balancer, dynamic and static rail weighers or static truck scale, and a camera, a large screen, an alarm and a signal lamp arranged in the weighing field and connected with a monitor and a video tape recorder of a measurement center through a local area network; a weighing instrument of the billet static roller way balancer, the static rail weigher or the static truck scale is connected with a passive transducer and a central computer of the measurement center through a passive transducer and the local area network; a laser detector or an electro-magnetic inductor or an approach switch arranged on the billet static roller way balancer, the dynamic and static rail weighers or the static truck scale is connected with a relay and the central computer of the measurement center through the local area network; and the signal lamp and the alarm of the weighing field are connected with an alarm of the measurement center through the relay and the local area network. Through the remote automatic weighing system, the weighing field is not attended by any person, and the problem of weighing in different places is solved through the network and the effective management means.

The present invention is directed to a conflict manager for a personal video recorder. An embodiment of the present invention includes a set-top box having an internal hard drive or other storage device where broadcasts are transferred to the storage device. The set-top box is connected to an output device such as a television, which displays a graphical user interface (GUI) and an interactive program guide (IPG). The IPG displays a list of broadcasts that are available by tuning to different channels. The GUI allows the user to navigate the IPG, for instance, by viewing different times and dates for broadcasts. The GUI also allows the user to activate a video recorder within the set-top box, by navigating the IPG and selecting broadcasts to later transfer to the storage device. The user may select multiple broadcasts to transfer, may repeatedly transfer the same program, or may repeatedly transfer the same program in a series. When a conflict arises the present invention is configured to automatically or manually resolve the conflict.

This invention relates to a digital signal reproducing apparatus. This invention is applicable to an apparatus such as a video tape recorder and an optical disk drive, using a Viterbi decoder therein. Noise characteristics are equalized at points of discrimination by adding an equalized signal SPR4 of a differential system and an equalized signal SPR1 of an integrating system in a weighted manner, or by adding up metrics Maa-Mbb, (Ma', Mb') relative to amplitude reference values calculated for the two equalized signals SPR4 and SPR1, over each of relevant paths in a weighted fashion. The arrangements allow the inventive apparatus to avert noise-induced deterioration of discrimination accuracy.

A system for display on a single video display terminal of multiple physiological measurements is provided. A subject is monitored by a plurality of instruments which feed data to a computer programmed to receive data, calculate data products such as index of engagement and heart rate, and display the data in a graphical format simultaneously on a single video display terminal. In addition live video representing the view of the subject and the experimental setup may also be integrated into the single data display. The display may be recorded on a standard video tape recorder for retrospective analysis.

A system and method for detecting whether a video signal is modified by a video-tape-recorder-design based anti-copying process. A proper portion of the video signal is identified and filtered, and potential anti-copying artifacts in the filtered signal are counted by comparing the filtered output against a threshold derived from the video-tape-recorder-design based anti-copying process. By cross-correlating the number of potential anti-copying artifacts, found on multiple scan lines across multiple frames, with an expected minimum range and / or number of anti-copying artifacts derived from the video-tape-recorder-design based anti-copying process, anti-copying modifications of the video signal are detected. In this fashion, traditional video-tape-recorder-design based anti-copying processes are applied to modem digital video recording systems.

The invention relates to a hoisting machine safety monitoring system. The hoisting machine safety monitoring system comprises a monitoring host. The monitoring host comprises a monitor. The monitor is in communication connection with a first remote extension set, a second remote extension set, a third remote extension set and a fourth remote extension set through a wireless module. The first remote extension set comprises a tilt angle sensor, an overload limiter, an anemograph and a PLC. The second remote extension set comprises an electronic compass. The third remote extension set comprises a liquidometer. The fourth remote extension set comprises a tilt angle sensor. The monitoring host is in communication connection with a cloud server and an intelligent mobile terminal through a communication module. The cloud server is in communication connection with a video tape recorder and a vidicon through a communication module. The hoisting machine work process can be monitored, and important running parameters and safety states can be recorded and managed. Production situation close linkage and real-time equipment body data display can be achieved, the intrinsic safety performance of large hoisting machines is improved, major hoisting machine accidents are prevented and reduced, and personal life safety is effectively guaranteed.

The present invention relates to a method for generating a multimedia user profile, and a multimedia search and browsing method using the user profile, which is capable of displaying search items in order of higher user preference to the ordering criteria of the search item that the user prefers, and searching and browsing a multimedia object using the search items displayed according to the user preference. The present invention can be adapted to multimedia service systems such as a digital VTR (Video Tape Recorder), a VOD (Video On Demand), an AOD (Audio On Demand), and an Internet. In addition, the user profile for searching and browsing the multimedia according to the present invention can creates an environment that a user can perform a convenient and easy method of searching and browsing the user-desired multimedia object according to the user preference.

There is described a setup for filming a scene including a video tape recorder, a projector, a rear-projection screen, and a camera. Using this setup, many novel filming methods are described which provide actors with the flexibility of seeing the context in which they are acting in real-time. Post-production costs are reduced by having the background present during the actual filming of a scene instead of having it inserted at a later time using editing software. In addition, the actors and / or objects in a foreground can interact with animated characters on the background scene and various types of special effects can be created such that the final product appears realistic.

There is disclosed a video memory manager for use in a video recording device that stores of video programs on a disk drive. The video memory manager comprises a video memory controller for detecting that the disk drive does not contain sufficient storage space to store a next-to-be-recorded program. The video memory controller, in response to the detection, determines a first retention score associated with a first video program and a second retention score associated with a second video program. The first and second retention scores indicate a desirability of retaining the first and second video programs respectively. The video memory controller deletes a least desirable one of the first and second video programs.

The present invention relates to an image processor and an image processing method for compensating gradation by effectively avoiding drop of partial contrast through application to an image processor such as television receiver, video tape recorder, television camera and printer or the like. A domain to which an input image data belongs is judged, for example, with reference to the low frequency element r (i, j) of the pixel value x (i, j) and the signal level x (i, j) of the image data forming an input image VT is compensated on the basis of the result of judgment r(i, j).

The invention provides an access method and device of a GVRP-based video monitoring system. The method is applied to a network hard disk video tape recorder NVR and comprises the following steps: receiving an access request of a user terminal, querying a port number distributed to a to-be-accessed front-end device and a virtual local area network number, sending the queried port number to the user terminal, receiving an access message of the user terminal, adding the virtual local area network number to the access message, transmitting the access message with the virtual local area network number to a switch, receiving a reply message of the to-be-monitored front-end device forwarded by a GVRP-based trunk port corresponding to the virtual local area network number of the switch, transmitting the reply message to the user terminal, wherein the reply message carries the virtual local area network number. The assess method and the access device can be implemented without the need of participation of CPU of the NVR, so that the load of the CPU is alleviated; the service processing rate of the NVR is also increased.

The present invention is directed to a conflict manager for a personal video recorder. An embodiment of the present invention includes a set-top box having an internal hard drive or other storage device where broadcasts are transferred to the storage device. The set-top box is connected to an output device such as a television, which displays a graphical user interface (GUI) and an interactive program guide (IPG). The IPG displays a list of broadcasts that are available by tuning to different channels. The GUI allows the user to navigate the IPG, for instance, by viewing different times and dates for broadcasts. The GUI also allows the user to activate a video recorder within the set-top box, by navigating the IPG and selecting broadcasts to later transfer to the storage device. The user may select multiple broadcasts to transfer, may repeatedly transfer the same program, or may repeatedly transfer the same program in a series. When a conflict arises the present invention is configured to automatically or manually resolve the conflict.

A video data reproducing apparatus and a video data transfer system are able to reproduce video data of a range designated by file information from a VTR (video tape recorder) based on the fact that the file information for designating video data of a constant range of video data with high resolution such as a non-compressed HDTV (high-definition television) signal recorded on the VTR and a transfer command for requesting transfer of video data of the range designated by this file information are received from a computer through a LAN (local area network) and they are able to transfer reproduced video data through a high-speed network to the computer.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional (3D) airy sound, and belongs to the technical field of computer music manufacturing. A 2.0 double-sound-track stereo can be changed into a surround field of a dolby logic positioning system, and a 2.0 double-sound-track stereo audio file is analyzed and technically split into multi-sound-track logic surround positioning audios; a multi-sound-track logic surround audio file is technically analyzed and combined to form the 2.0 double-sound-track stereo audio file; and therefore, people can play an audio file through a common double-sound-track stereo headset or a loudspeaker to obtain a multi-sound-track (such as 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1) logic positioning surround field. The 3D airy sound is particularly suitable to be played by a multimedia computer, an automobile loudspeaker, a personal stereo, a family cinema and a cinema and can be applied to a video tape recorder, a laser diode (LD) and video compact disc (VCD) player, a compact disc (CD) player, a limited partnership (LP) juke box, the multimedia computer, a television, a power amplifier and a radio tuner. Interactive and mobile 3D airy sounds can be matched with various playing carriers such as the multimedia computer and an electronic game machine, and interaction surround can be conveniently implemented.

Radio waves transmitted from the antenna of a broadcasting station are received by the antenna of a television receiver. The television receiver extracts an EPG from the received radio waves and transmits it to a remote controller via an infrared transmission / reception section. The remote controller displays the received EPG on a LCD and is then rendered in a state of waiting for selection of a program. If some program is selected and then a reserve button is manipulated, the remote controller transmits a control command for a recording reservation to a video tape recorder. The video tape recorder receives the control command with an infrared transmission / reception section, whereby the recording reservation of the designated program is set.

A method and a system for reliably supplying information about an electronic device employed as a primary information signal receiver device to an electronic device employed as a primary information signal sender device via an existing analog transmission line or digital serial transmission line. A set top box (STB) employed as the primary information signal sender device and a VTR (video tape recorder) employed as the primary information signal receiver are connected to each other via an analog transmission line. A device information transmitter of the VTR supplies an electric signal representing device information indicating the device type and the operation status of the primary information signal receiver device over the analog transmission line via which the STB and the VTR are connected to each other thereby transmitting the device information associated with the VTR in a reverse direction to the STB via a path including an analog input terminal of the VTR, the analog transmission line, and an analog output terminal of the STB.

A twisting frame and spinning workshop monitoring system disclosed by the present invention comprises a monitoring center, a central processor, a twisting frame control system, an image acquisition system and an environment acquisition system. The monitoring center comprises an alarm, a system management server, a video monitoring work station and a network video server which are in signal connection with one another, and the twisting frame control system comprises a controller, a communication interface circuit, a timer, a memorizer, a watchdog circuit, a yarn guide unit, a yarn winding unit, a yarn twisting unit and a motor rotating speed detection unit. The image acquisition system comprises a camera, a network device and a network hard disk video tape recorder, and the environment acquisition system comprises a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a fire hazard detector and a signal acquisition circuit. The twisting frame and spinning workshop monitoring system of the present invention is simple in structure, reasonable in design and high in intelligent degree, is convenient to realize, can carry out the full-course and real-time monitoring on the working process of a twisting frame and the environment of a spinning workshop, and guarantees the product quality and the production process safety fundamentally.

The invention relates to a device distributing method for a personal video recorder set-top box device, comprising the following steps: a) a shareable turner module is searched; if found, go to the step b); if not found, go to the step c); b) a shareable de-multiplexing module is searched in the found shareable turner module; if found, a turner module and a de-multiplexing module which are distributed are outputted, and a success code is return; if not found, go to the step d); c) an idle turner module is searched; if found, go to the step d); if not found, a failure code is returned; and d) an idle de-multiplexing module is searched in the found idle turner module; if found, a turner module and a de-multiplexing module which are distributed are outputted, and a success code is returned; and if not found, a failure code is return. The invention has the advantage that the device distributing method for the personal video recorder set-top box device can improve a utilization rate of the personal video recorder set-top box device.

A video signal processor that can flexibly process metadata in a variety of representation formats. A video signal processor that processes a video signal. This video signal processor comprises a metadata representation format identification unit (432) that identifies the representation format of metadata described in predetermined language; a conversion table selection unit (434) that selects a conversion table, corresponding to the representation format of identified metadata, from one or more conversion tables prepared in advance; a metadata representation format conversion unit (436) that converts the representation format of metadata to a representation format processable by the video processor based on the selected conversion table; and a metadata application processor (480) that controls the processing for the video signal based on the metadata whose representation format has been converted. This configuration allows the video signal processor to flexibly process metadata in any format.

Generally, an existing video surveillance system directly stores real-time information which is monitored through a surveillance camera into a video tape recorder, not only is a video playback period prolonged, but also a large amount of storage space is occupied. According to a studied useful video recognition video tape recorder, an intelligent video surveillance analysis technique is utilized to achieve a goal of automatically starting a video tape recording function only when target video information is collected, an alarm system is simultaneously triggered when the video tape recording function is automatically started according to a set work recognition mode, and disadvantages of a traditional video tape recorder are thoroughly overcome. Meanwhile, the useful video recognition video tape recorder further achieves that useful information can be automatically identified and classified, packed and stored again after the classification and can be simultaneously and piecewise played when replayed, corresponding display frames can be activated and segmented according the number of the segments, a large amount of space is saved for the storage of video information, time for retrieval, playback and query of the useful video information is reduced, and therefore precious time is saved for seizing opportunity to detect a case.

Original video data of a first format is edited. The first format video data has jitter frames (626) inserted therein and is displayed at a first frame rate. The original video data is read from a video tape recorder (301) in the first format and converted into a second format with no jitter frames, displayable at a second display rate. Time-code of the converted video data is related to time-code of the original video data so as to identify frame types for the converted video data. A portion (603-606) of the converted video data is modified to produce modified video data in the second format. New video data is generated in the first format by processing the modified video data. An edit processor is configured to replace an edit portion of the stored original data with the new data by defining an edit range with reference to the new data, selecting an edit field with reference to the frame type so as to initiate an edit on a data boundary. New data is written to the video tape recorder and an edit field is selected again before completing the writing process. In this way, video edits occur at positions that are consistent with data boundaries irrespective of the selected edit position.

The invention discloses special vehicle parking management method and system. The method comprises the following steps: sensing a vehicle which is positioned at the entrance of a parking lot and to be driven in through a sensor; sending a triggering signal to a video tape recorder when that the vehicle enters is detected; starting the video tape recorder after receiving the triggering signal from the sensor; taking a photo of the vehicle; sending the photo to a parking lot controller; performing similarity comparison for the vehicle photo and the photo in a vehicle photo bank by the parking lot controller after receiving the vehicle photo from the video tape recorder; determining whether the vehicle entered is the special vehicle; if so, determining the type of the special vehicle; sending a command to a road indicator light on the corresponding path to start after detecting that the vehicle entering the parking lot is the special vehicle of some type. According to the method and system, the technical means like vehicle position sensing and video recognizing are carried out to provide exclusive competence for the special vehicle; the identity of the special vehicle can be actively recognized by the entrance of the parking lot, and thus the special vehicle can be actively guided to enter the exclusive parking space.

A digital video recorder writes data on a selected one of a first storage medium and a second storage medium. The recorder includes an abnormal state detector for detecting any abnormal event that possibly occurs while the recorder is writing the data on the first storage medium. If the abnormal state detector senses the abnormal event while the recorder is writing the data on the first storage medium, then the recorder stops writing the data on the first storage medium and starts writing the data, which should have been written on the first storage medium only, on the second storage medium instead.

The inventing discloses a TV program managing method, firstly building an index table and a program information table, where the index table is reorganized by a user operating with a user interface, and then accessing the program information table by the reorganized index table, thus implementing prolgram management required by the user, it can be applied to TV sets, satellite receivers, video tape recorders, and other receiving devices, to be convenient for a user to operate TV programs.